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    Jonathan Tonkin
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    By role

    PeerJ PrePrints author 210
    Editor 200
    PeerJ author 135

    By subject area

    Biodiversity 310
    Ecology 275
    Ecosystem-Science 205
    Environmental-Sciences 205
    Environmental-Impacts 200
    Entomology 135
    Conservation-Biology 105
    Aquatic-and-Marine-Chemistry 100
    Biogeochemistry 100
    Natural-Resource-Management 100
    Coupled-Natural-and-Human-Systems 100
    Climate-Change-Biology 35
    Freshwater-Biology 35
    Aquaculture,-Fisheries-and-Fish-Science 35
    Biogeography 35
    Zoology 35
    Academic Editor

    Jonathan D Tonkin

    ORCID: 0000-0002-6053-291X

    Summary

    My research is focused around what promotes and maintains biodiversity at a range of spatial scales. Much of my work focuses on stream ecosystems, but my interests are question focused, not system specific. While my central interest lies in disentangling the mechanisms that structure metacommunities, I also tackle questions ranging from local to global, and from community ecology through to macroecology. I focus on a variety of basic ecological concepts and processes, including linkages between disturbance, productivity and diversity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem function, dispersal, and community assembly. I also aim to tackle applied ecological issues such as global change, land-use change, river regulation, and restoration, with the goal of applying ecological theory to effectively manage threatened ecosystems. My current research ties these issues together into the following three main themes: 1) Metacommunity ecology; 2) Global change ecology and macroecology; and 3) Restoration ecology. In light of these three themes, I am particularly focusing on the unique hierarchical and dendritic structure of river networks, and how this structure influences the biodiversity patterns of river communities.

    Biodiversity Biogeography Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Entomology Environmental Sciences Freshwater Biology Natural Resource Management Zoology

    Past or current institution affiliations

    Oregon State University

    Work details

    Postdoctoral Scholar

    Oregon State University
    Department of Integrative Biology

    Websites

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    PeerJ Contributions

    • Articles 1
    • Preprints 5
    • Edited 2
    June 26, 2014
    Drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in unmodified streams
    11 citations
    742 downloads
    2,066 views
    Jonathan D. Tonkin
    biodiversity
    ecohydrology
    ecology
    entomology
    environmental-sciences
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.465 PubMed 25024926
    August 24, 2017 - Version: 2
    Three-dimensional range shifts in biodiversity driven by recent global warming
    323 downloads
    853 views
    Peter Haase, Fengqing Li, Andrea Sundermann, Armin Lorenz, Jonathan Tonkin, Stefan Stoll
    biodiversity
    climate-change-biology
    freshwater-biology
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1034v2
    June 28, 2016 - Version: 1
    Response of fish species to river restoration – the role of species traits
    183 downloads
    340 views
    Stefanie Höckendorff, Jonathan D Tonkin, Peter Haase, Margret Bunzel-Drüke, Olaf Zimball, Matthias Scharf, Stefan Stoll
    aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
    conservation-biology
    ecology
    natural-resource-management
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2173v1
    May 5, 2015 - Version: 1
    Context dependency in biodiversity patterns of stream metacommunities
    366 downloads
    559 views
    Jonathan D Tonkin, Jani Heino, Andrea Sundermann, Peter Haase, Sonja C Jähnig
    biodiversity
    biogeography
    conservation-biology
    ecology
    ecosystem-science
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1040v1
    May 1, 2015 - Version: 1
    Variable elements of metacommunity structure across an aquatic-terrestrial ecotone
    443 downloads
    558 views
    Jonathan D Tonkin, Stefan Stoll, Sonja C Jähnig, Peter Haase
    biodiversity
    ecology
    ecosystem-science
    environmental-sciences
    zoology
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1026v1
    January 16, 2015 - Version: 1
    Anthropogenic stress alters community concordance at the river-riparian interface
    178 downloads
    892 views
    Jonathan D Tonkin, Stefan Stoll, Sonja C Jähnig, Peter Haase
    biodiversity
    conservation-biology
    ecology
    ecosystem-science
    environmental-sciences
    https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.798v1

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    February 14, 2018
    Catchment land use predicts benthic vegetation in small estuaries
    59 downloads
    370 views
    Perran L.M. Cook, Fiona Y. Warry, Paul Reich, Ralph Mac Nally, Ryan J. Woodland
    ecosystem-science
    coupled-natural-and-human-systems
    aquatic-and-marine-chemistry
    biogeochemistry
    environmental-impacts
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4378 PubMed 29473004
    January 8, 2018
    Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development
    144 downloads
    975 views
    Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs
    natural-resource-management
    environmental-impacts
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4228 PubMed 29333347
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